stillscenein2016
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Legitimate, non-joking answer.
There is evidence to suggest autistic people have shorter lifespans than the general population. This does not appear to be directly related to autism itself, though further research is needed before that conclusion can be drawn. It is magnified by intellectual disability (not actually something Chris has, but he's probably in the BIF range), epilepsy (serious doubts he's epileptic, probably would have milked it if he was), obesity (yep), and the extreme mental experiences referred to as mental illness in a psychiatric context (yep) -- all of which are things that lower lifespan for everyone else too, of course. As a non-ID, non-epileptic autistic, Chris can expect to live into his 50s.
There is evidence to suggest autistic people have shorter lifespans than the general population. This does not appear to be directly related to autism itself, though further research is needed before that conclusion can be drawn. It is magnified by intellectual disability (not actually something Chris has, but he's probably in the BIF range), epilepsy (serious doubts he's epileptic, probably would have milked it if he was), obesity (yep), and the extreme mental experiences referred to as mental illness in a psychiatric context (yep) -- all of which are things that lower lifespan for everyone else too, of course. As a non-ID, non-epileptic autistic, Chris can expect to live into his 50s.